Energy
Northern Pass
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
Senate Finance Committee votes to support two-year budget, opposed by Democrats
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Along party lines, the Senate Finance Committee voted 6-2 Tuesday to pass its version of a budget for the next two years at about $16 billion despite Democratic concerns that it does not meet the needs of the citizens of the state who are just trying to get by.
Woodlock’s YDC Abuse Trial Delay Allows Time For New Grand Jury
A single botched indictment against one of the men charged in the (YDC) Sununu Youth Services Center child physical and sex abuse scandal delayed the trial, but the state will not say why.
Harvard Students Sing for Common Man for Ukraine Fundraiser Amid Trump Turmoil
Children who are the victims of war in Ukraine got some help in a last-minute fundraiser on their behalf Monday night in which the singers of the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum lent their youthful voices to the cause after having to cancel events in Canada due to this nation’s political climate.
YDC Abuse Trial Delayed After Bogus Indictment Discovery
A prosecutorial blunder found at the 11th hour is throwing one of the Sununu Youth Services Center sex abuse cases into disarray.
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Group II Retirement and YDC Fund Administrator Change Dominate Senate Finance
Distant Dome: This Is How Democracy Dies
Radio Free New Hampshire: Lessons Learned and Long Shadows
Energy
Eversource Gives Up Northern Pass
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Eversource has decided Northern Pass “has no path forward” after the New Hampshire Supreme Court unanimously decided to uphold the Site Evaluation Committee’s decision denying the $1.6 billion project.
Energy
Radical Centrist Podcast: How Senator John Durkin Changed the World
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One Visionary Senator, One Great Staff, One Quiet amendment and 42+ years of Activism have set in motion America’s Renewable Energy Revolution
News
Sununu Budget Veto Intensifies Partisan Divide
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The Legislative Fiscal Committee had 35 items to decide in its day-long meeting, 22 were due to the budget veto by Gov. Chris Sununu and the three-month continuing resolution approved by the Democratically controlled Legislature and the governor.
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2 YDC Ex-Counselors Indicted for Sex Assault of Minor 2 Decades Ago; New Investigation Launched
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AG MacDonald: The investigation will address whether additional juveniles were subjected to physical or sexual violence at the YDC in this timeframe as well as whether there was conduct which constituted endangering the welfare of a child and any other crimes as dictated by the evidence.
Courts & Corrections
Former Investment Advisor Pleads Guilty to Financially Exploiting Elderly Adult
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James E. Knee (age 66), of Bow, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to one count of Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Adult, one count of Perjury, and one count of Witness Tampering.
Education
Educator To Sununu: Spend Time in NH Classroom and the Dump To Find Supplies
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“We have to fix the way education is funded,” said Megan Tuttle, a former social studies teacher and now president of the National Education Association-New Hampshire chapter, which represents 17,000 public school educators and school workers.
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ACLU-NH, Concord Monitor File Suit Seeking Info On Secret Police Equipment
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They want unredacted copies of documents relating to a $5,100 line item in the Concord police department’s budget for “covert communications equipment.”
Courts & Corrections
Man Claims State Withheld ‘Laurie’ Misconduct Info On Two Lebanon Police Officers
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Strafford man who has been fighting his convictions for more than a decade says the prosecutor withheld evidence that could have negatively impacted the credibility of the police who testified against him.
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Realm of Possibility
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C
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Vetoes, Vetoes
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
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NH Fly Fishing 101
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I would suggest using a terrestrial pattern like a flying ant, beetle or a small grasshopper and let the fun begin.
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Must Read: ‘The Woman Who Smashed Codes’
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Secret oaths were demanded by officials of our government to make sure security of our code-breaking secrets were not breached.
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Time For True Regional Approach In Building Our Electricity Future
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Approving Northern Pass would have done little directly for the people of New Hampshire.
Business & Economy
Sununu Signs Bill To Protect NH Businesses from Out-of-State Online Sales Taxes
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Calling it a “great first step” to protecting New Hampshire businesses from online taxes for their products, Gov. Chris Sununu signed the so-called “Wayfair” bill Friday.
Business & Economy
Sununu Holds Closed Meeting About Budget Veto for Municipal Officials
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Among those attending were officials from Derry, Manchester, Rochester, Epping, New Hampton, Chester, Keene, Charlestown, Antrim, Tuftonboro, Bedford, Canterbury, Milford, Nashua, and Berlin.
Business & Economy
Supreme Court Strongly Supports SEC’s Northern Pass Denial
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“We have reviewed the record and conclude that the Subcommittee’s findings are supported by competent evidence and are not erroneous as a matter of law” Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi wrote for the court.
Learn Everywhere Takes a Hit at Concord Hearing
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CONCORD – Learn Everywhere, a controversial statewide education plan that would let students gain up to a third of their graduation requirements outside the classroom, experienced a setback in its implementation on Thursday.
Ex-Sen. Woodburn After Trial Delayed: ‘I just want to tell my side of the story’
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“There’s an ongoing criminal investigation with respect to the dissemination of the image we discussed,” Senior Assistant Attorney General Geoffrey said.
Dem Party Chair Blasts Sununu for Not Condemning Trump’s Racist Tweet
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New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley criticized GOP Gov. Chris Sununu for not condemning President Trump’s racist tweet about four freshmen Democratic House members or say the tweet was racist.